In this episode, we talk about how he started his podcast and the opportunities we have to learn from our guests. He also shares some big news about where the podcast is going next so be sure to listen to the end.

his freelance workshop and advice on how to manage projects and work with clients. We also go in-depth on how freelancing can affect relationships and how to balance projects when life happens.

I’d like to thank you for listening and following along this season. It means the world to me. This will also be the last interview of the year and the finale for Season 2. I’ll be back after the new year with more guests and new show formats.

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Wed, 12 Dec 2018 09:00:00 -0800david@sndy.co (David Silva)David Silva00:41:41This week, I chat with Jason Frostholm. He's a designer, freelancer, and host of the Creative South Podcast.
This week, I chat with Jason Frostholm. He's a designer, freelancer, and host of the Creative South Podcast.
podcasting, design community, freelancing, creative south conferencenofull82Peter Deltondo - Freelancing and Work-life balancee57831ba-9bcb-4a97-8834-aebd7b65bdb2http://alwayssunday.simplecast.fm/eafdc89d
This week, I chat with designer Peter Deltondo. He's the lead designer at GoFundMe, a freelancer, and part of the Creative South Conference team.
This week, I chat with designer Peter Deltondo. He's the lead designer at GoFundMe, a freelancer, and part of the Creative South Conference team.

In this episode, we talk about his freelance workshop and advice on how to manage projects and work with clients. We also go in-depth on how freelancing can affect relationships and how to balance projects when life happens.

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Mon, 26 Nov 2018 06:52:00 -0800david@sndy.co (David Silva)David Silva00:36:21This week, I chat with designer Peter Deltondo. He's the lead designer at GoFundMe, a freelancer, and part of the Creative South Conference team.
This week, I chat with designer Peter Deltondo. He's the lead designer at GoFundMe, a freelancer, and part of the Creative South Conference team.
freelancing, product design, creative southnofull72Trust the process97a26b5f-6910-4033-9643-548316385dddhttp://alwayssunday.simplecast.fm/eb29e31d
I was reminded this week about what it really takes to do great work.
Some of you that know me best might say that I'm an artist at heart. I would even agree with you, but what's most important is that you make progress. And that's what makes all the difference.

Q&A - Have a question you'd like me to help with?

Send me a voice message under 30 seconds and I'll answer it on a future episode of the podcast.

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Mon, 08 Oct 2018 08:00:00 -0700david@sndy.co (David Silva)David Silva00:01:09I was reminded this week about what it really takes to do great work.
I was reminded this week about what it really takes to do great work.
Process, design thinking, creative work, creativitynobonus2Trying something newa566b6b1-8e15-48b8-a26a-008527e7b649http://alwayssunday.simplecast.fm/845a45d0
I'm trying something new this week by combining everything I've learned during Season 1 and 2 of the podcast.
I don't have a guest this week, but I do want to share some updates with you as I prepare for Season 3 next year. I know it's early, but this podcast has been a labor of love, and I'm continually looking to better the quality and output with every show.
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Thu, 04 Oct 2018 07:00:00 -0700david@sndy.co (David Silva)David Silva00:01:16I'm trying something new this week by combining everything I've learned during Season 1 and 2 of the podcast.
I'm trying something new this week by combining everything I've learned during Season 1 and 2 of the podcast.
Podcasting, Updates, Season 3nobonus2Kendall Hanna - Personal storytelling, successful clients, and building community621fdbea-7543-44c4-9637-3d47e4b92134http://alwayssunday.simplecast.fm/4d4d3a56
This week, I chat with photographer and videographer Kendall Hanna. She describes herself as a Canon slingin' photographer and human tumbleweed, traveling all over country producing shoots for her clients at Kendall Hanna Photography.
This week, I chat with photographer and videographer Kendall Hanna. She describes herself as a Canon slingin' photographer and human tumbleweed, traveling all over country producing shoots for her clients at Kendall Hanna Photography.

In this episode, we talk about the importance of knowing yourself and how to tell your story, and how this can lead to finding clients that are the right fit for your freelance business. We also talk about finding strength by building community and surrounding yourself with like-minded individuals. She's done this through a personal project called The White Buffalo Project.

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Mon, 23 Jul 2018 08:00:00 -0700david@sndy.co (David Silva)David Silva00:42:57This week, I chat with photographer and videographer Kendall Hanna. She describes herself as a Canon slingin' photographer and human tumbleweed, traveling all over country producing shoots for her clients at Kendall Hanna Photography.
This week, I chat with photographer and videographer Kendall Hanna. She describes herself as a Canon slingin' photographer and human tumbleweed, traveling all over country producing shoots for her clients at Kendall Hanna Photography.
Social media, storytelling, freelance, client work, building communitynofull42Dennis Cortés - How to find focus and the challenges of UX in product design85e6a192-d4eb-4a3d-9f82-584cf6e2bc89http://alwayssunday.simplecast.fm/f4201f56
This week, I chat with product designer Dennis Cortés. He's a product designer at MetaLab, blogs weekly sharing tips and insights on design, and produces his own music.
This week, I chat with product designer Dennis Cortés. He's a product designer at MetaLab, blogs weekly sharing tips and insights on design, and produces music.

In this episode, we talk about some of the UX challenges in product design and the process required outside of the obvious visual tasks that can sometimes be overlooked. We also cover other interesting areas presenting challenges for UX like VR, AR, and home assistants.

About Dennis Cortés

Dennis is a product designer, illustrator, and music producer based in Memphis.

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Tue, 17 Jul 2018 08:00:00 -0700david@sndy.co (David Silva)David Silva00:41:20This week, I chat with product designer Dennis Cortés. He's a product designer at MetaLab, blogs weekly sharing tips and insights on design, and produces his own music.
This week, I chat with product designer Dennis Cortés. He's a product designer at MetaLab, blogs weekly sharing tips and insights on design, and produces his own music.
product design, design, UX, Home Assistantsnofull32Brad Woodard - His path as an illustrator, design school, and teaching others584839c0-10f7-40b5-a3b2-e7802d2663abhttp://alwayssunday.simplecast.fm/b8a72342
In this episode, we talk about Brad's upbringing and the influence that his mother, a successful artist herself, had in his life, his process working with clients, and what it’s like teaching other young illustrators.
This week, I chat with illustrator Brad Woodard. He is 1/2 of Brave the Woods- a design and illustration studio that he runs along with his wife, Krystal.

Together, they form a studio of friendly folks who aim to make the world a better, more colorful place.

In this episode, we talk about his upbringing and the influence that his mother, a successful artist herself, had in his life, his process working with clients, and what it’s like teaching other young illustrators.

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Mon, 09 Apr 2018 08:00:00 -0700david@sndy.co (David Silva)David Silva00:46:42In this episode, we talk about Brad's upbringing and the influence that his mother, a successful artist herself, had in his life, his process working with clients, and what it’s like teaching other young illustrators.
In this episode, we talk about Brad's upbringing and the influence that his mother, a successful artist herself, had in his life, his process working with clients, and what it’s like teaching other young illustrators.
design school, design thinking, illustration, designnofull22Lessons learned in my first year creating contentff3c7b9d-5878-4602-a95b-ffd8d1c1bdd9http://alwayssunday.simplecast.fm/96085fc4
As a designer, it’s easy to want to make things perfect before putting them out. After all, all of our favorite products are well polished and full of delightful details. And all of that is great unless it prevents you from actually starting and reaching your goals.
I’m so happy to get season 2 kicked off. And to be honest, it’s been a long time coming. Relaunching my podcast with the 2nd season is my excuse for reviving my content.

Last year, I set off on this adventure to live stream daily, and I used that content to produce a vlog and this podcast. I kept it up for about 24 episodes combined before life got in the way, and I found reasons to stop.

Looking back, I realized that I learned three valuable lessons.

Start right now!

Consistency is key

Set goals

Enjoy the show.

About David Silva

David has over 15 years of experience designing for brands such as Nike, Disney, American Airlines, and Toyota. He currently works with startups to design digital products.

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Mon, 02 Apr 2018 09:00:00 -0700david@sndy.co (David Silva)David Silva00:03:08As a designer, it’s easy to want to make things perfect before putting them out. After all, all of our favorite products are well polished and full of delightful details. And all of that is great unless it prevents you from actually starting and reaching your goals.
As a designer, it’s easy to want to make things perfect before putting them out. After all, all of our favorite products are well polished and full of delightful details. And all of that is great unless it prevents you from actually starting and reaching content, content creator, design vlog, designnofull12Trailer: Talking about good design8dabb8d2-dea9-4e37-a12e-1644a927395chttp://alwayssunday.simplecast.fm/82773a15
I'm kicking off Season 2 with a quick conversation about design. While the 1st season focused on my day-to-day work in the form of a public standup, season 2 will bring a few changes along with it that include a new podcast name, brand, show format, and featured guests.
When talking about good design, we tend to gravitate towards the aesthetics of a product. But that’s not necessarily what makes a product great.

Good design is not just about what something looks like, but also about how it functions. It’s the result of research, user experience, and visual design coming together to solve a problem within a given set of constraints.

I like to think of design as a second language.

Because the choices we make can help determine the message we deliver and how well we communicate it to a user. Ultimately, designs most important job is to guide a user along a journey towards completing their goal.

About David Silva

David has over 15 years of experience designing for brands such as Nike, Disney, American Airlines, and Toyota. He currently works with startups to design digital products.

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Sun, 25 Mar 2018 22:01:00 -0700david@sndy.co (David Silva)David Silva00:00:52I'm kicking off Season 2 with a quick conversation about design. While the 1st season focused on my day-to-day work in the form of a public standup, season 2 will bring a few changes along with it that include a new podcast name, brand, show format, and featured guests.
I'm kicking off Season 2 with a quick conversation about design. While the 1st season focused on my day-to-day work in the form of a public standup, season 2 will bring a few changes along with it that include a new podcast name, brand, show format, and fdesign thinking, design first, UX thinking, leading designnotrailer02How many freelance clients should you have at one time?a650cf24-ce46-4fa3-b0a3-bc44c98aa23bhttp://alwayssunday.simplecast.fm/90ee9db9
In this episode, I talk about the number of clients you should have at one time and how to balance them if you are doing it full-time.
In this episode, I talk about the number of clients you should have at one time and how to balance them if you are doing it full-time.

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Fri, 26 May 2017 09:00:00 -0700david@sndy.co (David Silva)David Silva00:08:42In this episode, I talk about the number of clients you should have at one time and how to balance them if you are doing it full-time.
In this episode, I talk about the number of clients you should have at one time and how to balance them if you are doing it full-time.
freelance, full-time freelance, how many clients, freelance clientsnofull111The motivation behind my project41af3b58-820a-4c2a-b49e-2387547ac756http://alwayssunday.simplecast.fm/b50f6633
In this episode, I talk about the motivation behind my project.
In this episode, I talk about the motivation behind my project. I believe that every author, songwriter, cinematographer etc is a story teller and should consider themselves content creators.

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Thu, 25 May 2017 09:00:00 -0700david@sndy.co (David Silva)David Silva00:09:23In this episode, I talk about the motivation behind my project.
In this episode, I talk about the motivation behind my project.
become a story teller, content creator, how to be a content creatornofull101Doing the workd5fb5c6e-1a4a-4ce2-aac5-0bd12f183029http://alwayssunday.simplecast.fm/ea2525bd
In this episode, I talk about how David Lynch drags the audience through a scene to prove a point and what we can take away from it.
In this episode, I talk about how David Lynch drags the audience through a scene to prove a point and what we can take away from it.

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Wed, 24 May 2017 09:00:00 -0700david@sndy.co (David Silva)David Silva00:10:20In this episode, I talk about how David Lynch drags the audience through a scene to prove a point and what we can take away from it.
In this episode, I talk about how David Lynch drags the audience through a scene to prove a point and what we can take away from it.
David Lynch, Doing the work, The process, workflow, Twin Peaksnofull91Finding consistency in your projectse045c9c8-f5eb-4b92-ae2a-5b1cc166100fhttp://alwayssunday.simplecast.fm/ca2f9ba7
In this episode, I talk about consistency with your projects and how I go about it.
In this episode, I talk about consistency with your projects and how I go about it. Changing your mindset goes a long way towards ensuring your own success.

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Tue, 23 May 2017 09:00:00 -0700david@sndy.co (David Silva)David Silva00:08:22In this episode, I talk about consistency with your projects and how I go about it.
In this episode, I talk about consistency with your projects and how I go about it.
Mr. Cup, Letterpress, Consistency, Productivity, Creative work, doing your best worknofull81A new podcast, Daily Standup progress, and showing up every daycfb2095d-0eeb-4a97-9aee-2998fc1b96edhttp://alwayssunday.simplecast.fm/2aba452b
In this episode, I talk about the progress I've made with #dailystandup and a new podcast.
In this episode, I talk about the progress I've made with #dailystandup and a new podcast.

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Mon, 22 May 2017 09:00:00 -0700david@sndy.co (David Silva)David Silva00:13:15In this episode, I talk about the progress I've made with #dailystandup and a new podcast.
In this episode, I talk about the progress I've made with #dailystandup and a new podcast.
Starting a podcast, live streaming, Facebook Live, YouTube Livenofull71Heads down and focused755cf4aa-7619-48f3-8179-aa5338dd6633http://alwayssunday.simplecast.fm/3fd63fa8
In this episode, I talk about organizing projects with Asana for the sake of order not scheduling. I'm also focused on making progress on projects before the end of the week.
In this episode, I talk about organizing projects with Asana for the sake of order not scheduling. I'm also focused on making progress on projects before the end of the week.

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Thu, 18 May 2017 09:00:00 -0700david@sndy.co (David Silva)David Silva00:04:58In this episode, I talk about organizing projects with Asana for the sake of order not scheduling. I'm also focused on making progress on projects before the end of the week.
In this episode, I talk about organizing projects with Asana for the sake of order not scheduling. I'm also focused on making progress on projects before the end of the week.
Asana, Productivity, Designer, Startups, web design, web developmentnofull61On productivity with Asana and task lists2cd88fec-c981-4365-8f20-b7ddd54307f3http://alwayssunday.simplecast.fm/42f969ba
In this episode, I talk about managing tasks as a freelancer or business owner using Asana and tasks lists.
In this episode, I talk about managing tasks as a freelancer or business owner using Asana and tasks lists.

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Tue, 16 May 2017 09:00:00 -0700david@sndy.co (David Silva)David Silva00:08:32In this episode, I talk about managing tasks as a freelancer or business owner using Asana and tasks lists.
In this episode, I talk about managing tasks as a freelancer or business owner using Asana and tasks lists.
Asana, Productivity, Designer, Startupsnofull51Reminders about what's truly important6c7727ec-3386-4954-81f9-eae7cbeb2ff4http://alwayssunday.simplecast.fm/658877df
In this episode, I talk about how I spent Mother's day weekend and reminders about what's truly important to me.
In this episode, I talk about how I spent Mother's day weekend and reminders about what's truly important to me.

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Mon, 15 May 2017 09:00:00 -0700david@sndy.co (David Silva)David Silva00:05:02In this episode, I talk about how I spent Mother's day weekend and reminders about what's truly important to me.
In this episode, I talk about how I spent Mother's day weekend and reminders about what's truly important to me.
mothers day, #dailystandup, self-care, startupsnofull41Thank you Design Inc!b489d7d3-de7b-4ff7-aaa2-04d0be26b9cchttp://alwayssunday.simplecast.fm/bfc1c115
In this episode, I touch a bit on the news that came out of Design Inc. yesterday.
In this episode, I touch a bit on the news that came out of Design Inc. yesterday. I had the opportunity to watch them build the platform from a distance and even spoke with the team at various stages. I know how hard they worked and it shows. They were able to produce high-quality work for a good amount of time. It's not often you see great people pull together to build a team as strong as this one.

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Thu, 11 May 2017 09:00:00 -0700david@sndy.co (David Silva)David Silva00:04:24In this episode, I touch a bit on the news that came out of Design Inc. yesterday.
In this episode, I touch a bit on the news that came out of Design Inc. yesterday.
design, Design Inc., startupsnofull21Thinking about AppRabbit.io and how to tell the story045b5e8a-ad8f-4601-a4df-d488e2c0d4b5http://alwayssunday.simplecast.fm/8f2a6ea6
In this episode, I talk a little more about AppRabbit.io and how to best start to show and tell its story.
In this episode, I talk a little more about AppRabbit.io and how to best start to show and tell its story. I've been making progress on the designs and have even screen captured some of it. Now I simply need to edit it and make some vlogs out of the clips.

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Tue, 09 May 2017 09:00:00 -0700david@sndy.co (David Silva)David Silva00:09:54In this episode, I talk a little more about AppRabbit.io and how to best start to show and tell its story.
In this episode, I talk a little more about AppRabbit.io and how to best start to show and tell its story.
AppRabbit.io, Story telling, startups, designnofull31Episode one and content strategies for the new series7d0f41d5-57b3-44d4-93f3-de1ea6183310http://alwayssunday.simplecast.fm/ee215197
In this episode, I talk about starting a podcast and my strategies behind all of the content I'm producing.
Welcome to day 8 of live streaming and episode one of the #dailystandup as I move towards improving the series and making a podcast out of it. In this episode, I talk about my strategies behind all of the content I'm producing.

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Mon, 08 May 2017 09:00:00 -0700david@sndy.co (David Silva)David Silva00:09:55In this episode, I talk about starting a podcast and my strategies behind all of the content I'm producing.
In this episode, I talk about starting a podcast and my strategies behind all of the content I'm producing.
design, podcasting, #dailystandup, standup, startupsnofull11